Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Author: Gene Kranz
This memoir of a veteran NASA flight director tells riveting stories from the early days of the Mercury program through Apollo 11 (the moon landing) and Apollo 13, for both of which Kranz was flight director.Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA’s Mission Control,….Read More
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